Legging.



' PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

T. W. HAMILTON.

LEGGING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12. 1907.

Unit

'TATES PA" i THOMAS WQHAMILTON, or BERLIN, WISCONSIN.

.LEGGING.

f No. 872,727.

' I, Specification of Letters latent.

\ Patented. Dec. 3, 1w.

" Application filed January 12-1907.. Berial I lc. 351 ,9095.

State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLeggings;

' and I hereby declare the following to be a 1 'gings in common'use.on'e called the front lace and one, the side tion, in perspective,.0

s Fig. 1, except that two of the corners of the full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in l theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

My invention relates to an improved legging, the object being to providea heavy legging which can be easily andmeadily secured inosition,whichwil lie snugly in place, wit rout rejecting fasteners, and whichwill effectual y exclude the snow; and consists in the'fieatures ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed' In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention -Fi ure1- is a side eleva-.

a legging made in accordance with my invention as it would appear fromthe right side'when placed upon the right leg. Fig. 2 is-a viewsimilar-to flaps or parts of the legging are for urpose of illustration.

'I he utility of'leggings of this character'is' to protect the le fromabrasion and to exclude the snow. 'Ihere are two styles of legturnedback,

fastened, both of which are-inefficient for the urpose intended.

The side fastened egging has buckles or other fastening devices on thesides which damage and wear out the linings of the long fur coats, wornby many who use leggings. The front lace legging commonly used has twoor more flaps overlapping on the instep, and are therefore verybunglesome at this point, and it is difficult or impossible to fit anovershoe over them.

'lhe specific object of my invention is to produce a legging which willaccomplish all that is desired of such an article and at the same timeovercome the objections cdrnmon to leggings in use at the present time.

Referring now to said drawings, it will be with a vertical seen that myinvention relates particularly to what is known as the front lace styleof legging, which is made to it around the leg 1 and fasten togetherdown the front, one of the meeting edges being provided with hooks l andthe other with eyelets, through which a lace may be threaded, which isadapted to be be understood that the particular form of,

fastening device is not a feature of my inventron and that any otherstyle may be used. 1

My legging is formed of two main parts or flaps A and B which are joinedtogether down the back of the leg at C. The said flap A extends forwardaround the inside of and over the front of the leg and to about themiddle ofthe outer side of the leg, and is provided at its lower end infrontrwith the extension ]Q formed to'ift snugly over the instepfthlower end of said flap A reaching down well over, the foot. Saidportionor" flap B extends forward around the outer side of the leg and endsadjacent the front of same, it is shorter in height than said flap A andextends from the top of same to about the'ankle and is adapted to lieoutside of the free end of said flap A. A third orsupplementaLflap E isjoined to A at its rear end and extends forward. around the outer sideof the leg beneath said flap B and is adapted to lap beneath the rearedge of the free end I} of said flap A, its lower edge being on a linewith the lower end of said flap A and it extending upward a shortdistance above the ankle. p

' Thelower end of the legging is adapted to be held snugly in lace bymeans of the adjiistable coacting astening devices G and H which aresuch as are in common use and' need no detailed description, saiddevices being adapted to draw the free ends of said he s A and Etogether. It will be seen that t e position of said fastening device Gis such, in relation to the lowerend of said flap B, that when thelatter is in place said fastening device is-covered, thus effectuallypreventing anything from catching on same. Said flap A is provided,adjacent the front of the leg,

line of hooks I and the free end of said fla B is provided with a lineof eyelets throug -which a lace K is adapted to be threaded and by meansof which said legging can be secured snugly in place around the leg in awell known manner.

A strap L'is provided on the lower end of the legging to assist 'inholding the legging in place, in a well known manner.

. It will be noted that in the construction of the lower end of line ofjuncture of said ends and underlying flap and said body coactingfastening means. disposed in operativerelation to all of said ends.

I 4. In a legging, a body ortion comprising two main flaps of une ualength Secured toether at one edge, the rec edge of theshorter g 1ifliap overlapping the free edge of the longer my legging there ispractically only one layer 1 of the material over the instep thus makinga smooth close fitting legging at this oint.

3 y legging is readil mounted, t e over lappingedges are hel snugly inplace and 5 there are no exposed fastening devices to l cause annoyance.

I claim as my invention.

I -1. A legging comprising a body portion l cut away at one of its lowercorners, the side I edges of said bodyortion overlapping,lacing meansdispose adjacent said overlapping edges, a flap secured to said bodyportion and projecting under said cut away porlength overlapping attheir free edges, fastention, and fastening means disposed on said 1 ingmeans disposed adjacent said overlapportion. ping edges, a supplementalflap secured to s. A legging comprising a body portion the body portionand extending below the cut away at one of its lower corners, the sidelower end of the shorter main flap, the free edges of saidbody-portionoverlapping, lacl edge of said supplemental flap underlyingat ing means disposed adjacent said overlapthe free edge otthe longermain flap throughping edges, a flap secured to said body porout thelength of the supplemental flap, and tion and projecting under said cutaway por- I fastening means carried by 'said suppletion, and fasteningmeans disposed on said mental flap and the longer of said main l'laps.flap and said body portion, said fastening I 6. In a logging, a bodyportion comprising means being covered by that portion of said two main.ilaps ol uner ual length overlapbody portion above said cut awayportion. ping at their free edges, 'astening means dis- 3. A legging.comprising a body portion posed adjacent said overlapping edges, a offlexible material having overlapping side shorter flap secured to thebody portion and edges, one end thereof extending from subextendingbelow the lower end of the shorter stantially the middle of the calfaround the main llap with its lower inner side and over the front of theleg, and l the lower edge of the longer flap, and fastenthe other endextending in the opposite diing means carried by said supplemental flaprectiontoapoint adjacent the front of the leg, j and one of the niainflaps. said first named end overlapping the inner In testimony hereof Ihave signed my side of the foot and the instep, and said other name inpresence of two subscribing Witend being cut away at its lower end, allap nesses. secured to said body portion by a line of stitchingcoincident substantially with the over lapping edges, a supplementalflap secured to said body portion, and extending below the lower end ofsaid shorter main flap, and fastening means carried by said supplementalflap and the longer of said main flaps.

THOMAS NV. HAMILTON.

l'Vitn esses:

II. W. BRISSENDEN JAMES CAREY,

said cut-away ortion and said first named 5 end of said boc y portion atits free end, and l ap, fastening means disposed adjacent said 5. In alegging, two main flaps of unequal edge in a plane with

